Craft Your Photo Presentation - Elevate Your Work and Its Message
Photography / Design | Duration: 4 weeks | Session: 23 March - 1 May 2009 | Enroll now |
Selecting and pairing your photographs puts polish to your body of work, making it the best it can be. "Craft Your Photo Presentation" will guide you to consistently display your photographs with optimum visual impact. Whether your goal is to assemble and deliver a professional portfolio, sequence images for a slideshow; compile a layout for self-promotion or simply create a super good-looking album to share with family and friends, this comprehensive and valuable online photography course will equip you with the "tools," skills and practice to produce powerful visual narratives with the photographs you make.
View from Above
- Recommended for Intermediate to Aspiring Professional level students
- Think and talk design for your book, portfolio, promotion or slide-show
- Learn the basics of typography, color and grids
- Learn to effectively pair and sequence images depending on goals
- Learn about various print-on-demand options
- Learn to understand mood and goals in the editing process
Toolbox Needs
- A printer (black and white or color)
- Photoshop CS (and above) or Indesign CS (and above)
- Editing software such as Photo Mechanic, Lightroom, Aperture or Expression Media (formerly iview) is ideal
- A body of your photographic work (to which you own copyright that is complete or near completion
- Digital image files (TIFF are best, JPGs are acceptable) with a minimum resolution of 300 dpi and horizontal dimension of 12 inches (30.48 centimeters) or more
- Familiarity with PDF (Portable Document Format) output, delivery, commenting
- Ability to write photo captions and text descriptions/explanation (copy) to accompany your photographs. Ideally these have already been written
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